Non-Intentional Lifeform

This article is about a music band. For other uses, see Lifeform (disambiguation).
Non-Intentional Lifeform
Origin Perth, Australia
Genres Hard rock, Metal
Years active 1995–1998
Labels Roadrunner Records
Associated acts Clann Zú, Killing Heidi, Boticelli's Angel, The Sound Movement, Nightswimmer
Members Declan de Barra
Andrew Day
Adam Pedretti
Hywel Stoakes

Non-Intentional Lifeform or simply N.I.L. were an Australian band formed in 1995 and signed to Roadrunner Records. Members included Andrew Day (guitar, vocals, trombone, mandolin, didgeridoo), Declan de Barra (vocals), Hywel Stoakes (bass) and Adam Pedretti (drums). They had a minor Australian hit with their single "Living or Existing?", which appeared in the popular Australian television series Good Guys Bad Guys, among others. A video of 'Six O'clock Headshot' from Air Left Vacant appeared on Roadrunner Records 'Drilling The Vein' compilation video in 1996. The Uisce album was released in 1997 and the band toured with Korn, Marilyn Manson, Kiss, Helmet, Dubwar, Grinspoon and Superheist as well as playing shows with The Prodigy, Deftones, The Living End, Fear Factory, The Mark of Cain, Cosmic Psychos, The Avalanches, Shihad and Bodyjar. The band split up in 1998. Adam Pedretti later joined Killing Heidi, Declan de Barra played briefly with a completely new line-up and they released a single "Pathogen" before folding. De Barra then formed Clann Zu. Andrew Day went on to found the electronic project Nightswimmer and then the London U.K based post-punk band The Sound Movement whose first album was released on Oxford label Truck Records.

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